HO scale train sets
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe battery starter set. Five-car set includes two locomotives and three cars. Battery-powered train includes sounds, lights, and magnetic couplers. Set also includes Märklin Power Control Stick, four AA and two AAA batteries, and the following plastic track sections: 12 R1 curves, seven 6-3/4” and five 7-13/32” straight sections, two turnout curves, and one each left and right turnout. Train can be operated on two frequencies, allowing another battery-powered train to be operated on the same set. Can be expanded with no. 23300 plastic track extension set. $89.99. Third quarter 2017. Märklin My World. Märklin Inc., 573-365-9522, www.marklin.com

BooksRailway Guns of World War I. By Marc Romanych and Greg Heuer. Details the design and development of railway guns during World War I. Includes never-before-published photographs and color illustrations. Softcover, 48 pages. $18. Osprey Publishing, 631-525-7316, www.ospreypublishing.com